Hose-supporter clasp.



No. 853,758. PATENTED MAY 14. 1907.

' H. BINNEY.

HOSE SUPPORTBR OLAM.

, APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1905.

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QHAROLDBINNEY, or

York, have invented certain new and useful provements in Hose-Supporter Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

' This; invention relates to garment sup- ..porter'clasps comprising a loop anda button,

'- theshank of which is embraced in the loop;

an ed e portion of the garment, as the hem of a stoc ing or sock, being interposed thereb'etween and held thereby.

ts. relatively flexible back, which backis' flexe s It particularlyrelates to clasps having a rigid loop member commonly made of metal; either in sheet or wire form, and a button secured to or formin part of a I (I to insert the button into theloop and tendsto regain "its normalshape when permitted.

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It consists in so relating the shank of the.

button to the back that the latter shall not interfere with the easy insertion of the but 125' ton in the loop; in providing a back specially flexible in the drawings or will appear in thedetailed def In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a supporter clasp embodying my'in vention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the saine showing the insertion "thereinto of'a stocking or article to be supported Figs. 3,

of a portion of my device.

'5 and 7 are side elevations of modified forms Figs; 4 and 6 are front elevations of the partsshown in Figs. 3 and 5 respectively.

1 designates a loop, which as shown, has the well known pear-shaped slot 11, the lower end 12 of which receives the rearwardlypro-v j ecting shank 22 of a button head 21 attached to, or in the presentinstance integral with, the

back 2. I ordinarily prefer to mold the back 2 and the button from rubber compound, though it is evident that the material or modeof union. of'these is immaterial to'my, Where, as shown in the present invention.

drawings, the upper end of the flexible back is clamped as at 23 to the loop 1, its flexible portion between the clamp and the button is rather short; It istherefore necessary in introducing the button and the stocking hem 3 low the shank 22 of the'button head may ' desired direction, and in such other novel features as are shown -1I1 the NEW YORK, N. Y, ASSIGNOR TO N EALON COMPANY, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HOSE-"SUPPORTER cLAsP';

Patented. May 14, 1907.

portion 13 of the slot 11 to bend the back 2 to approximately the shape shown in Fig. 2 of as heretofore made, i. e., those in which the back 2'ext'ended downwardly approximately as far as the lower edge of the button head 21, and beyond the shank, I have found the lower edge of the back strikes against the side of the loop 1 so as to materially interfere with the easy manipulation'ofthe clasp. By constructing the parts as shown so that no portion of the back 2 extends substantially beother words, by attaching the shank atthe extreme lower ,end of the back, this interference is eliminated and the button head be readily inserted, see Fig. 2 of the drawings, the shoulders 25 acting as'a stop-to prevent the back going through the loop.

By forming the back 2 with the transverse corrugations 24 shown, -'I considerably in-.

crease its longitudinal flexibility as well as its transverse rigidity without altering its strength. a g

I have shownthe back 2 as reinforced by a backing of cloth or like material 26. It is obvious that this forms no part of the present invention and it iswelleknown that flexible rubber backs of this general class may be made either with or without such backings.

It is evident that the button head 21 may, instead of the usual axially disposed shank, have the shank eccentric of the button head, being either located at its lower edge as in Figs. 3 and 4, at the upper part of its rear face as in Fig. 7, or it may occupy the entire vertical diameter of the back of the button head, as shown. in Figs. 5 and 6. In any case, the back 2 is so formed asto extend approximately only to the .lower side'of the shank 22 and to widen out behind the button so as to prevent the lower end of the back be mg drawn into or through theportion 12 of. the slot 11 by reason of the tension of the supported garment. The transverse collapsing of the back, by which this would bepermitted, is strongly resisted, as above indicated, by the corrugations 24.

In a co-pending application filed January 3rd, 1905, which has received Serial No. 239,378, I have shown and claimed a button head having its shank or attaching portion 7 p engaged thereover into the upper broadened the-drawings. In doing this with the devices 21, orin eccentrically located on its rear face and be- 1 low its axial line. It is obvious that 1 do not 1 herein broadly claim such a construction. i

1 have filed on even date herewith two companion applications, numbered 239,378 and 239,379 respectively. In both of these is shown a button head having its shank eccentrically secured to its rear face, and in both the back plate is shown transversely corrugated. It is obvious that I do not herein claim anything specifically claimed in either of these applications. i It is evident that other modifications, either of material or form other than those shown may be made without departing from l the spirit of my invention. Having thus described my invention, what 3 I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is: 1. 'A garment supporter clasp comprising 1 a loop, a button having a shank attached to its rear face, and a flexible back to which said button shank is connected, "the lower\ end of said back extending downward only to the lower side of the button shank and being substantially wider than said shank. 2. A garment supporter clasp comprising a loop and an integral button andfiexible l back, said button comprising a head and a shank attached to the rear face of said head and connecting said head with said back at the extreme lower end of the latter.

3. A garment supporter clasp comprising a loop and an integral button and llexible back, the shank nectcd with said back at the extreme lower end of the latter, said lower end of the back being substantially wider than said shank.

a. A garment supporter clasp comprising a loop, a button, and a back to which said button is attached, said back having transverse lines of decreased resistance to llcxion.

A garment supporter clasp comprising aloop, a button, and a transversely corrugated flexible back, to which said button is connected.

6. A garment supporter clasp comprising a loop, and an integral button and transversely corrugated flexible back.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HAROLD BINNEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. F. COOPER, D. A. DAVIES.

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